Chapel St Leonards Surf Break

Lat Long: 53.21° N 0.35° E

Chapel St Leonards 48 hour detailed Surf Forecast

Issued: 6 pm 25 Aug 2026 (local time)

Forecast update in  hr  min

Today's Chapel St Leonards sea temperature is
19.5°C
3.7° 

Chapel St Leonards surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.


How big are the waves at Chapel St Leonards today (25 Aug):

  • Afternoon surf: Afternoon surf (25 Aug, local time) - 3.5ft (1.1m), 5s period with ENE swell.
  • Evening surf: Evening surf (25 Aug, local time) - 4ft (1.2m), 5s period with ENE swell.

The current surf forecast for Chapel St Leonards at 11PM is: 1.3m 6s primary swell from a East-northeast direction and 0.2m 6s secondary swell from a North-northeast direction (forecast issued at 06:00pm August 25). The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (BST) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (25 Aug)--
Afternoon (25 Aug)3.5ft (1.1m)5s
Evening (25 Aug)4ft (1.2m)5s

Table - waves today at Chapel St Leonards. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


Short Range Forecast

Moderate rain (total 14mm), heaviest on Thu morning. Warm (max 21°C on Thu afternoon, min 15°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Wed night, fresh winds from the WSW by Fri morning).

Tue
25
Wednesday
26
Thursday
27
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
1 AM
4 AM
7 AM
10 AM
1 PM
4 PM
7 PM
10 PM
Rating
(10 max)
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Swell
Height Map
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Height Map
Wave
Height (m)
Direction
Period (s)
1.1
ENE
5
1.1
ENE
5
1.3
ENE
6
1.3
ENE
6
1.1
ENE
6
1
E
6
1
E
6
1
E
5
1.1
E
5
1.1
E
5
1
E
5
0.8
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
0.6
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
6
0.9
ENE
6
0.8
ENE
6
Wave Graph
Metric surfscale
Energy kJ
66
69
106
121
92
76
74
56
69
66
57
40
45
37
22
57
52
55
47
Wind (km/h)
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
20
E
20
ESE
25
ESE
30
E
30
E
25
E
20
E
15
E
15
ENE
5
ENE
15
NE
15
E
10
SE
20
SW
20
SSW
Wind State
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
on
glassy
cross-on
on
cross-on
cross-off
cross-off
High Tide
5:34PM4.27m
5:44AM4.63m
6:13PM4.57m
6:19AM5.00m
6:47PM4.84m
Low Tide
11:45PM1.56m
12:11PM1.09m
00:20AM1.25m
12:46PM0.69m
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
cloud
cloud
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part cloud
part cloud
part cloud
cloud
part cloud
light rain
light rain
mod rain
rain showers
thunderstorm
cloud
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunrise">Sunrise</span>
5:56
5:58
<span class="translation_missing" title="translation missing: en.weather_tables.sunset">Sunset</span>
8:05
8:02
8:00
 mm
1
1
6
5
1
Temp °C
18
17
17
18
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
19
18
20
18
19
21
19
Feels °C
13
13
14
16
17
17
16
15
15
16
17
18
19
19
20
18
19
19
17
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